Monday, March 29, 2010

to kick off a week of chicks & bunnies, frogs and endless egg hunts,the girls wore their easter finery to church yesterday for first easter.no pictures of those yet, but the festivities have officially begun.

some post-equinox spring moments...

equinox, equinox. i just like using that word.

oh. turns out Liv speaks bunny.

saw this straw hat (below) in a thrift store and declared that we would beobserving the easter bonnet tradition this year.

a little mess therapy on the front lawn: little bowls of dry cornmeal and lots of spoons.feels so good on the fingers...and the toes. and the face.

anything on the boob tube. anything at all. last week she sat in her little green chair in front of the TV and watched 45 minutes of sir laurence olivier in henry v. she would have watched the whole thing if i hadn't made her go to bed.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Wee is not much bigger today at nearly 14 months than she was at 8 months, which i appreciate. but i tend to notice what she isn't doing more than what she is.

she can't walk, but she can {barely} stand up.

she can't speak very good English, but she can repeat polysyllabic phrases. several people now have told me they could swear she just said, "thank you." i've heard her do this and i can confirm that it is so. sounds like, "doot doo."

she can't jump rope, but she can put away a whole banana in one sitting.

she can't do long division but she can make the signs for "more" and "all done," and very proudly too.

it should also be said that Liv has a promising sense of humor. she's been playing games with us since she could first grunt, and her delight at our mutual understanding is about as enthusiastic as my delight.

a few of Liv/Wee's nicknames:

livers

livermeyer

livermeyer lemontree

livermeyer sugarbeggar

liverlou, or lulu

zuskit {zeus-kit}, derived from Little's pronunciation of the word "music."

my girls were in a magical place where someone pays attention to them every minute. i was in my own heaven, where sweet older children help the little ones into and out of their car seats, feed them and hold them when they're sad about not getting enough candy to fuel a locomotive. oh, but wait. they did get that much candy. they always do.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

i had to make a small change in my blog privacy settings because i've been getting regular unwanted comments from a spammer. now i just have to read comments and approve them before they appear. sorry.